Variety shows, music hall, cabaret books

The incredible international success story of Maori showbands comes to life here through the experiences of Mahora...  Read More >>

"From his early success as the owner of Tony Pastor's Opera House to his role as ""Little Man Tony"" following the...  Read More >>

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"Charlotte Greenwood was unfashionably tall at 5'10"""". Her early aspirations to become a great dramatic actress...  Read More >>

"From her first moment onstage as a teenager with her high school improv group, Margaret Cho knew that performing...  Read More >>

Includes tales that takes us to 'the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve,' where 'the women...  Read More >>

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Investigates black musical comedy productions, sideshow bands, and itinerant tented minstrel shows. Ragtime history...  Read More >>

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From 1881 to 1932, vaudeville was at the heart of show business in the States. This book chronicles vaudeville's...  Read More >>

Invites us to step back into an era when the hourglass figure was in vogue and striptease was a true art form. This...  Read More >>

Presents a collection of essays that examines """"Limelight"""", and the history of English music hall. The essays...  Read More >>

Provides information on the history of vaudeville, performance art, burlesque, revue, and comic opera. This work...  Read More >>

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David Brown locates jazz music within the broad aesthetic, political, and theoretical upheavals of our time, asserting...  Read More >>

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The frank, funny and astonishing story of Roy 'Chubby' Brown, one of the UK's most popular (and filthiest!) comedians...  Read More >>

This book maps the intriguing story about how the tycoons of the two most powerful circuits, Keith-Albee in the...  Read More >>

Presents a social and cultural history of the contentious, diverse, and experimental culture of musical production...  Read More >>

Tells the stories of 80 women who were among the top vaudeville acts in the late 19th century and early 20th century....  Read More >>

The story of how African Americans entered the stage door and transformed popular culture is a largely untold story....  Read More >>

Talks about the Golden Age of striptease, the years between the Jazz Age and the Sexual Revolution, when strippers...  Read More >>

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